Even though Leonardo DiCaprio wants to do it!
The Big Picture Years into Hollywood’s obsession with 1980s nostalgia, it doesn’t appear that this fixation will be stopping anytime soon. The age of Rubik’s cubes, leg warmers, and Amblin family movies has proven to be a gold mine for modern films and TV shows, particularly properties like Stranger Things and It. This love for exploiting every ounce of 1980s pop culture has extended to endless reboots and sequels to popular movies from this era of cinema.
Has a ‘The NeverEnding Story’ Remake Ever Been Considered? In early 2009, it looked like this remake was inevitable when Warner Bros. teamed up with The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Leonardo DiCaprio's production outfit Appian Way to conjure up a remake of The NeverEnding Story. Attaching these producers to the prospective project indicated that Warner Bros. was hoping the magic touch of DiCaprio and producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy could result in a new fantasy classic.
Why Is a Remake of ‘The NeverEnding Story’ a Bad Idea? The biggest problem with a NeverEnding Story remake in the modern world isn’t necessarily that the original film is a flawless classic that would be sullied by an update. The idea of remaking The NeverEnding Story in the current cinematic landscape is much like the prospect of doing a live-action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame; an update would undoubtedly exacerbate the flaws of the original and remove the bold dark elements.
Then there’s the dark tone of the original The NeverEnding Story, and it’s hard to imagine a modern pop culture property being able to capture it properly. A 2020s incarnation of this yarn is either going to be too frivolous , would lean way too hard into the “edginess” of its predecessor, and create a fantasy land soaked in grim, dark tendencies.
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